John 8:37

Geneva Bible (1560)

I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.

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  • John 7:1 : 1 After these things, Iesus walked in Galile, and woulde not walke in Iudea: for the Iewes sought to kill him.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.
  • John 5:16-18 : 16 And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day. 17 But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke. 18 Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?
  • John 7:19 : 19 Did not Moses giue you a Law, and yet none of you keepeth the lawe? Why goe ye about to kill me?
  • John 7:25 : 25 Then saide some of them of Hierusalem, Is not this he, whom they goe about to kill?
  • John 8:6 : 6 And this they saide to tempt him, that they might haue, whereof to accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, & with his finger wrote on the groud.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, Wee be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shalbe made free?
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham. 40 But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.
  • John 8:45-47 : 45 And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not. 46 Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me? 47 He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.
  • John 8:59 : 59 Then tooke they vp stones, to cast at him, but Iesus hid himselfe, and went out of the Temple: And hee passed through the middes of them, and so went his way.
  • John 10:31 : 31 Then ye Iewes againe tooke vp stones, to stone him.
  • John 11:53 : 53 Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.
  • John 12:39-43 : 39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them. 41 These things sayd Esaias when he sawe his glory, and spake of him. 42 Neuertheles, euen among the chiefe rulers, many beleeued in him: but because of the Pharises they did not confesse him, least they should be cast out of the Synagogue. 43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Yee men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the woorde of this saluation sent.
  • Rom 9:7 : 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:
  • Matt 13:19-22 : 19 Whensoeuer any man heareth the woorde of that kingdome, and vnderstandeth it not, that euil one commeth, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: and this is he which hath receiued the seede by the way side. 20 And hee that receiued seede in the stonie grounde, is he which heareth the woorde, and incontinently with ioy receiueth it, 21 Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended. 22 And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.

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    38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

    39They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.

    40But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.

    42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

    43Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

    44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

    45And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.

    46Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me?

    47He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

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    38And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.

    39Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.

    40But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

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    36If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.

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    51Verely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my word, he shall neuer see death.

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    32And shall know the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

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    55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.

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    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

    20These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurie, as hee taught in the Temple, and no man layde handes on him: for his houre was not yet come.

    21Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.

    22Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?

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    13The Pharises therefore saide vnto him, Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe: thy recorde is not true.

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